---
name: "Entreat the Dead"
mana_cost: "{X}{X}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Miracle"]
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "70743"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Deruchenko Alexander"
oracle_id: "2de6c3d9-1759-40a2-99c6-8cbe17b4bcdd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/entreat-the-dead-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Entreat the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{X}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Miracle

## Oracle Text
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Miracle {X}{B}{B} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
2. [Stir the Grave](/printing/stir-the-grave-bok.md) — Sorcery
3. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
4. [Death Denied](/printing/death-denied-mm2.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #70743
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Deruchenko Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`